Job 28:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:13 : 13 And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It `is' a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 `And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.
  • Job 10:21-22 : 21 Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade, 22 A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining `is' as thick darkness.'
  • Job 12:22 : 22 Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.
  • Job 38:16-17 : 16 Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down? 17 Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?
  • Prov 2:4 : 4 If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 22Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.

  • Job 28:1-2
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    1Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;

    2Iron from the dust is taken, And `from' the firm stone brass.

  • Job 38:16-20
    5 verses
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    16Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

    17Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

    18Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare -- if thou hast known it all.

    19Where `is' this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where `is' this -- its place?

    20That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.

  • Job 10:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,

    22A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining `is' as thick darkness.'

  • Job 34:21-22
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    75%

    21For His eyes `are' on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.

    22There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

  • 22He is revealing deep and hidden things; He hath known what `is' in darkness, and light with Him hath dwelt.

  • Job 28:9-12
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    9Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.

    10Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen.

    11From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out `to' light.

    12And the wisdom -- whence is it found? And where `is' this, the place of understanding?

  • 27Then He hath seen and declareth it, He hath prepared it, and also searched it out,

  • Job 3:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

    5Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

    6That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.

  • Job 28:23-24
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    23God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place.

    24For He to the ends of the earth doth look, Under the whole heavens He doth see,

  • 11Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

  • Ps 139:11-12
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    11And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night `is' light to me.

    12Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as `is' darkness so `is' light.

  • 32After him he causeth a path to shine, One thinketh the deep to be hoary.

  • 6In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.

  • 30Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,

  • 10A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.

  • 8My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.

  • 17For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

  • 3In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk `through' darkness.

  • 6The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.

  • 4A stream hath broken out from a sojourner, Those forgotten of the foot, They were low, from man they wandered.

  • 13To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

  • Job 24:16-17
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    16He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

    17When together, morning `is' to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.

  • 8And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.

  • 12Night for day they appoint, Light `is' near because of darkness.

  • 6A place of the sapphire `are' its stones, And it hath dust of gold.

  • 2Me He hath led, and causeth to go `in' darkness, and without light.

  • 11He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

  • 26All darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.

  • 16Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed `it' for thick darkness.

  • 3Under the whole heavens He directeth it, And its light `is' over the skirts of the earth.

  • 8The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day `as' night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah `is' His name;

  • 28For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

  • 13And thou hast said, `What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?

  • 10Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,